Westcott catch-up

Here's a quick catch-up on species added to this year's garden list as it is some time now since I mentioned them:

(23rd)  Udea olivalis
(24th)  Fox Moth, Orange Footman
(25th)  Notocelia trimaculana, Chrysoteuchia culmella, May Highflyer, Small Square-spot
(26th)  Ectoedemia decentella, Ptycholoma lecheana, Cochylimorpha straminea, Agapeta hamana, Cochylis
            nana, Cydia pomonella, Lathronympha strigana, Homoeosoma sinuella, Elophila nymphaeata/Brown
            China-mark, Parapoynx stratiotata/Ringed China-mark, Clouded-bordered Brindle, Snout, Buttoned
            Snout.
(27th)  Nematopogon metaxella, Coptotriche marginea, Argyresthia spinosella, Pandemis cerasana, Hedya
            nubiferana, Notocelia uddmanniana, Acentria ephemerella, Elephant Hawk-moth, Yellow Shell, Green
            Pug, Miller, Green Silver-lines
(28th)  Luquetia lobella, Scoparia ambigualis, Small Dusty Wave, Shears
(29th)  Bucculatrix nigricomella
(30th)  Lyonetia clerkella, Zelotherses paleana, Treble Brown Spot
(31st)  Mottled Beauty, Straw Dot, Uncertain
(1st)    Paraswammerdamia albicapitella, Pterophorus pentadactyla, Eucosma cana, Blotched Emerald,
           Common Emerald, Beautiful Hook-tip, Smoky Wainscot
(2nd)   Tachystola acroxantha, Bryotropha terrella

May Highflyer (25th) was only the fourth garden record and hasn't been seen here since 2014.  The Buttoned Snout (26th) was the first to enter the trap since 2006 although I have had a handful to lit windows or indoors in the intervening period. 

May Highflyer, Westcott 25th May

Green Silver-lines, Westcott 27th May

As at 31st May the list had reached 248 confirmed species, which compares well with the 243 achieved by 31st May 2019.  The good news is that numbers of Treble Lines are now decreasing (only 16 last night) but unfortunately numbers of Heart & Dart are increasing significantly (39 last night).

Dave Wilton
Westcott, Bucks